%0 Journal Article %1 saleh2024cabrires %A Saleh, Farid %A Lustri, Lorenzo %A Gueriau, Pierre %A Potin, Gaëtan J.-M %A Pérez-Peris, Francesc %A Laibl, Lukáš %A Jamart, Valentin %A Vite, Antoine %A Antcliffe, Jonathan B. %A Daley, Allison C. %A Nohejlová, Martina %A Dupichaud, Christophe %A Schöder, Sebastian %A Bérard, Emilie %A Lynch, Sinéad %A Drage, Harriet B. %A Vaucher, Romain %A Vidal, Muriel %A Monceret, Eric %A Monceret, Sylvie %A Lefebvre, Bertrand %D 2024 %J Nature Ecology & Evolution %K france ordovician paleontology %R 10.1038/s41559-024-02331-w %T The Cabrières Biota (France) provides insights into Ordovician polar ecosystems %U https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02331-w %X Early Palaeozoic sites with soft-tissue preservation are predominantly found in Cambrian rocks and tend to capture past tropical and temperate ecosystems. In this study, we describe the diversity and preservation of the Cabrières Biota, a newly discovered Early Ordovician Lagerstätte from Montagne Noire, southern France. The Cabrières Biota showcases a diverse polar assemblage of both biomineralized and soft-bodied organisms predominantly preserved in iron oxides. Echinoderms are extremely scarce, while sponges and algae are abundantly represented. Non-biomineralized arthropod fragments are also preserved, along with faunal elements reminiscent of Cambrian Burgess Shale-type ecosystems, such as armoured lobopodians. The taxonomic diversity observed in the Cabrières Biota mixes Early Ordovician Lagerstätten taxa with Cambrian forms. By potentially being the closest Lagerstätte to the South Pole, the Cabrières Biota probably served as a biotic refuge amid the high-water temperatures of the Early Ordovician, and shows comparable ecological structuring to modern polar communities.

@article{saleh2024cabrires, abstract = {Early Palaeozoic sites with soft-tissue preservation are predominantly found in Cambrian rocks and tend to capture past tropical and temperate ecosystems. In this study, we describe the diversity and preservation of the Cabrières Biota, a newly discovered Early Ordovician Lagerstätte from Montagne Noire, southern France. The Cabrières Biota showcases a diverse polar assemblage of both biomineralized and soft-bodied organisms predominantly preserved in iron oxides. Echinoderms are extremely scarce, while sponges and algae are abundantly represented. Non-biomineralized arthropod fragments are also preserved, along with faunal elements reminiscent of Cambrian Burgess Shale-type ecosystems, such as armoured lobopodians. The taxonomic diversity observed in the Cabrières Biota mixes Early Ordovician Lagerstätten taxa with Cambrian forms. By potentially being the closest Lagerstätte to the South Pole, the Cabrières Biota probably served as a biotic refuge amid the high-water temperatures of the Early Ordovician, and shows comparable ecological structuring to modern polar communities.}, added-at = {2024-02-09T22:30:36.000+0100}, author = {Saleh, Farid and Lustri, Lorenzo and Gueriau, Pierre and Potin, Gaëtan J.-M and Pérez-Peris, Francesc and Laibl, Lukáš and Jamart, Valentin and Vite, Antoine and Antcliffe, Jonathan B. and Daley, Allison C. and Nohejlová, Martina and Dupichaud, Christophe and Schöder, Sebastian and Bérard, Emilie and Lynch, Sinéad and Drage, Harriet B. and Vaucher, Romain and Vidal, Muriel and Monceret, Eric and Monceret, Sylvie and Lefebvre, Bertrand}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/253f20e8d569d3b999e9d1fcc31ee059a/tabularii}, doi = {10.1038/s41559-024-02331-w}, interhash = {fbe65a236729b9e3a6db5e6a334ebc2a}, intrahash = {53f20e8d569d3b999e9d1fcc31ee059a}, issn = {2397334X}, journal = {Nature Ecology & Evolution}, keywords = {france ordovician paleontology}, refid = {Saleh2024}, timestamp = {2024-02-09T22:30:36.000+0100}, title = {The Cabrières Biota (France) provides insights into Ordovician polar ecosystems}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02331-w}, year = 2024 }